A day for making soup

I had the chicken all cooked and with the broth, in the freezer,  so it didn't take me long to make the soup although I add this and that which is time-consuming.  I had a taste of the broth when I turned the stove off, and it is as good as I've ever made.  I buy grass fed organic chicken breasts at Costco - comparatively expensive, but nothing can beat it for taste!

I finally got back to the gym and walked 2.1 miles with no trouble this morning.  I could have continued but why knock myself out.  I think being consistent in walking every day is better than racking up the miles, although I need to walk at least 2 miles to get the benefits I want.

Thanks to everyone who commented and made suggestions on my painting.  I think I need to mix up some orange paint although I'm not sure I can ever match the colors - I think I remember the colors I put into it.  You can tell the orange on the left, which would normally be in the shadow of the larger one, but it's lighter in color.  I was running low on the paint, and I think in the end I was drawing it from an outside section that wasn't mixed as well, and the color turned out too light.  I might as well fix it now or I will forever be reminded every time I look at that painting.   After I correct the color on that one, then I will address the shadows, but I sort of like the white background and may leave it that way.

I'm going to call the dentist next week and find out if I can go back to mixing frozen fruit with my protein shakes.  Because of the seeds I've been just using chocolate syrup with a healthy scoop of vanilla ice cream.  I really want to get back to the blueberries, and eventually strawberries.  I have really missed my normal diet and I know I'm getting things that aren't so good for me - way too many carbs and sugars - and I'm getting anxious to get back to the way it was.   This has certainly been a trial for me, especially at the holidays, but I've managed to survive.

Thanks to the bright sunshine and 50 degree temps, people and their dogs are out in droves walking around the park.  (Not everyone is walking with a dog,)   I have never in my life wanted a small dog, but once in a while one goes by and stops with interest, curiosity, and friendliness - no yapping - and some of them are really sweet animals.   Of course some of them may be the ones wreaking havoc over in the dog park!  I try to not let it bother me any more, and there is nothing I can do about it anyway.  I decided a while back that I am of the age where I don't want to be angry or irritable about any situation.   If I don't like it I won't think about it.